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- "Kids as Decision Makers" -- Distinguishing between Needs and Wants
- The students will have hands-on experiences with sorting pictures into groups according to the social studies objective: The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home and school. This lesson will focus on distinguishing between wants and needs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Social Studies)
- By Tonya Kales.
- Walking the Trail of Tears
- Students will read accounts and experience what happened on the Trail of Tears. They will discuss the causes of removal, explore the trail and understand the effects it had on the Cherokee.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Social Studies)
- By Marsha Davis.
- Who's Your Mama?: A Family Who's Who
- This is the first of two lessons that can be used with Cynthia Rylant's book, The Relatives Came. Students will read, draw, role-play and sing about family roles and titles.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Social Studies)
- By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.
- Mike's Farm and Country Store
- Take a trip to the farm! Experience life on a farm today and in times gone by at this family-owned farm.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Economic planning in West Africa
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 4.3
- In this lesson plan for grade seven, students will research the West African nation Mali and will work in groups to create proposals for improvement projects in Mali. Students will discuss careers that require creating proposals and giving presentations.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
- By Mary B. Taylor.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Selecting evidence to support an argument
- This is a strategy lesson to teach students how to select evidence from a text to support an argument for an essay. It was designed to take two class periods and is comprised of three mini-lessons; these lessons include teacher modeling strategy to large group, student practice with strategy in small groups, and student practice with strategy individually on what will ultimately be the essay that they write.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 11 English Language Arts)
- By Caroline Sain.
- Family traditions
- This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson “Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who” and is mainly based on The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant; therefore, family structure including titles or roles is assumed to be prior knowledge for this lesson.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.
- The Little Yellow Chicken
- The students will be following an integrated unit on "Helping." They will use reading, math, social studies, science, technology, and other areas of study. Students will read, as a group, the book The Little Yellow Chicken by Joy Cowley. The students will be incorporating prediction, prior knowledge, comprehension skills, and language skills for the word family "-ook", the vowel sound "e", and the exclamation mark. The technology to be utilized by the students consists of use of the HyperStudio for math review, Math Software, Graph Club to create a graph of favorite party foods, Inspiration to guide and create graphic organizers for writing, and the Ultimate Writing Machine to create their own version of The Little Yellow Chicken. They will also incorporate color words to practice the Spanish Language.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By diane williams.
- Building a catapult
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.7
- In this lesson for grade seven, students review simple machines and explore how they're used in various careers. Students work in groups to design, construct, and test catapults.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Milk it for all it's worth
- Students will cooperatively discover the equivalent measures of capacity. In addition, students will be given a unit price of milk and will be asked to calculate the price of other units of capacity based on the price given. They will then use this information to determine the most economical buy.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By ann dawson.
- Exploring the families of instruments
- Students will learn about the families of instruments and conclude the lesson by constructing a model instrument from one of the families studied.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Music Education)
- By Leslie Cothern.
- British migration to Roanoke: Push and pull factors
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 4.1
- In this lesson, students will examine the push/pull factors that led settlers to attempt to settle Roanoke Island in the 1580s.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Quick study: Archaic Period
- A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Archaic Period and its key characteristics.
- Children and families in North Carolina
- In this lesson plan, elementary students will analyze photographs of children from North Carolina provided by the Green ‘N’ Growing collection from the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University. They will investigate how individuals and families are similar and different, and to begin to acquire an understanding of change over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Biltmore Estate: Discover the Destination
- Includes a selection of Biltmore Estate images, virtual tours, and activities for kids. Limited historical information is found on this website.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Alternative discussion formats: The talk show
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 2
- The talk show is a format with which students are already familiar, and it provides the structure for a great discussion.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Language families
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.7
- Students will identify and locate the three language families of contact period North Carolina and calculate the physical area covered by each language family.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Mathematics and Social Studies)
- Life history slide show
- Students will use photos to create a slide show of their life. They will plan a presentation based on significant episodes of their life and describe their personal experiences in writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–9 English Language Arts)
- By Mary Lou Faircloth.
- Lumbee English
- In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.1
- Introduction Linguist Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University says, “The Lumbee English dialect bears the imprint of the early colonization by the English, Highland Scots, and Scots-Irish. Moreover, Lumbee American Indians’...
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Gazelia Carter.
- Making small groups work
- In Math for multiple intelligences, page 2
- For students to work effectively in small groups, a teacher needs not only to set rules but to build a sense of community and teamwork within the basic structure the rules provide.
- By Gretchen Buher.As told to David Walbert.
